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Ideographic vs Glyph - What's the difference?

ideographic | glyph |

As an adjective ideographic

is pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.

As a noun glyph is

a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

ideographic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Pertaining to an ideograph or ideography.
  • glyph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
  • Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  • (typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
  • (architecture) A vertical groove.
  • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    * (typography) sort